puritanic

1. This personage prefigured and represented in his aspect the whole dismal severity of the Puritanic code of law, which it was his business to administer in its final and closest application to the offender.
   这个角色的尊容便是清教徒法典全部冷酷无情的象征和代表，对触犯法律购人最终和最直接执法则是他的差事。
2. Here, indeed, in the sable simplicity that generally characterised the Puritanic modes of dress, there might be an infrequent call for the finer productions of her handiwork.
   诚然，在这里，请教徒们的服饰一般以深黑和简朴为特色，她那些精美的针线活儿可能很少有人间津。
3. Blue laws; the puritan work ethic; puritanic distaste for alcohol; she was anything but puritanical in her behavior.
   严格的法律；严谨的职业道德；对酒的严格禁止；她的行为决不是严谨的。

adj

1. morally rigorous and strict
   1. the puritan work ethic
   2. puritanic distaste for alcohol
   3. she was anything but puritanical in her behavior

   Synonym:    blue(a)puritanical